Assessment of specific energy absorption rate (SAR) in the head from a TETRA handset

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 3911-3926

  Dimbylow, Peter ^a   Khalid, Mohammed ^a   Mann, Simon ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

SPECIFIC ENERGY ABSORPTION RATE (SAR);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CALCULATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECOMMUNICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

CELLULAR PHONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEAD; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIO WAVES; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0347382646     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/23/008     Document Type: Article

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